September 16, 1848

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Features

Norwich and Worcester Railroad

The Poor Voter

Preservation of Butter

Barker's Tortuous Paddle Wheel

Tribute of Respect

Chinese Method of Making Sheet Lead

Current of Niagara

The Broad and Narrow Gauge of Rail Roads

A Christian Life

A Funny Railroad Accident

Iron Dross Flags

My Mother's Smile

Perpetual Roses

Pictorial National Library

Shock of an Earthquake

Soda Manufacture

A Characteristic Present

Coal and Gold

Death of Berzellus

Destructive Fires

Drinking in the Dark

Flowers and the Law of Gravity

International Postage

The Hot Springs of Arkansas

Mrs. Fry's Rules

A Mexican Churn

New Project for Reporting

American Arts and English Generosity

Printing in America

Test for the Parity of Wine

Congreve Rockets

Harding the Painter

The Drunkard and Snake

Introduction to a Philosopher

New Method of Silvering Glass

Bee Hives

Screw Wrenches

Remember This

Cultivators

Improved Parasols

Improved Strainer for Pails

A Floating Tunnel

Inventor's Claims

Valves of Water Rams

List of Patents

A Good Disinfectant

New Coffee Pot

New Kind of Fence

New Knitting Machine

The Mississippi Valley

Aboriginal Industry

Are You Trying?

Unprecedented Demand for Old Papers

The Crank

American Steamers

Massachusetts Carpets

Kyanized Ships

The End of the Volume

Departments

Index

From the Editor

To Correspondents

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